Blog Migration Guides for WordPress

Moving from Wix

Wix has no blog export, so these cover the routes that work and where each one stops. Wix to WordPress with Blog Porter

• Wix to WordPress Blog Migration Checklist

  Moving a Wix blog to WordPress? Work through this checklist before, during and after the move, with a short reason for each step. Cancel Wix last.

• Check That Your Wix Site Uses Wix Blog

  Blog Porter finds Wix posts through the blog sitemap. Here's how to check that yours exists, and what to do if your 'posts' are really pages.

• Make Your Wix Blog Accessible for Migration

  Enable Wix search indexing so Blog Porter can access your public Wix blog and migrate it to WordPress.

• How to Export Your Wix Blog

  Wix has no export button for blog posts. Here are the four ways to get your posts out, what each one misses, and which to use for a full archive.

• Import a Wix Blog With the RSS Feed

  The RSS method imports only your latest 20 Wix posts, as short summaries with no images. Here's how to run it, and what to do when your blog is bigger.

• Move Wix Blog Images Into the WordPress Media Library

  Images copied from Wix still load from static.wixstatic.com. Find them and move them to the WordPress Media Library by hand, with a plugin or Blog Porter.

• Keep Your Wix Blog URLs in WordPress

  Wix puts blog posts under /post/ by default. Match that structure in WordPress and your old links keep working, with no redirect map to maintain.

• Wix to WordPress Migration Tools Compared

  CMS2CMS is gone. Compare what still moves a Wix blog to WordPress, from RSS import and copy-paste to hosts, paid services and plugins.

Using Blog Porter

• Install the Blog Porter Plugin in WordPress

  Download, install, and activate the Blog Porter plugin in WordPress before moving your blog from Wix, Blogger, Medium, Squarespace, Webflow, or HubSpot.

• Import a Blog Porter Export into WordPress

  Import a Blog Porter XML export with WordPress's built-in importer when you cannot install the Blog Porter plugin on the site receiving your migration.

• Bulk Edit Migrated Blog Posts in WordPress

  Review and update multiple migrated WordPress posts quickly with WordPress bulk editing.